I have watched Teenage Dirtbag by Wheatus and made a comic using ComicLife in class. It is about a teenage boy who has a crush on a popular girl who does not know who he is. The music videos shows him desperately wanting to belong in his high school but he is made to feel like a loser by everyone around him. He claims that he is a teenage dirtbag meaning he is kicked around by the more popular boys and girls around him.
In the chorus he talks about listening to Iron Maiden and how it is different to what everyone else listens to. This foreshadows about the back story behind the song which was about a boy who was killed in one of the band members home town. The boy was different and he listened to different music to everyone else and that scared the band member as he was like that too.
At the end of the music video, we see the popular girl approaching the 'teenage dirtbag' and asking him to watch iron maiden with her. At this point, the teenager was mesmerised by her and he couldn't believe what was happening. Then, the disco ball falls on his head and the scene cuts to him asleep which was what the music video also opened with; meaning it was all a dream.
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Good understanding of the narrative: the 'teenage dirtbag' who wants to conform and be accepted. Could you add the finished comic that made in Comic Life?
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